Agenda, decisions and draft minutes

The Lord Provost advised that former Councillor Fred Twine had recently passed away and expressed condolences to his family and friends.

Councillor Crockett thanked the Lord Provost for his words and paid his own tribute to former Councillor Twine.

This Council:-

Notes on Saturday 6^th May 2023 King Charles III Coronation will take place at Westminster Abbey, London.

Notes that Aberdeen citizens will be represented at the Coronation by the Lord Lieutenant Dr David Cameron.

Agrees that Aberdeen City Council via our Lord Lieutenant sends our best regards and wishes to HM the King and HM the Queen on this historic of occasions for the United Kingdom.

Councillor Malik intimated that he had an urgent notice of motion in the following terms:-

This Council notes on Saturday 6^th May 2023, King Charles III Coronation will take place at Westminster Abbey, London.

Notes that Aberdeen citizens will be represented at the Coronation by the Lord Lieutenant Dr David Cameron.

Agree that Aberdeen City Council via our Lord Lieutenant sends our best regards and wishes to HM the King and HM the Queen on this historic of occasions for the United Kingdom.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the urgent notice of motion.

With reference to Article 13 of the minute of its meeting of 26 April 2023, the Council had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which provided the updated Beachfront Development Framework and presented the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the A956 Beach Boulevard Roundabout, the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for a number of key beachfront projects which were progressing to OBC, and a Branding Strategy for the Beachfront and City Centre Masterplan projects.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          approve the content of the Aberdeen Beachfront Development Framework Phase 1, Executive Summary and Strategic Environmental Assessment (Appendices 1, 2 and 3), and agree to monitor the Development Framework Phase 1 as part of the annual review of the overarching City Centre and Beach Masterplan;

(b)          note the contents of the Executive Summary of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report (Appendix 5) and Outline Business Case (Appendix 6) for the Commerce Street/Beach Boulevard junction improvement project, and agree the recommendations within the Outline Business Case;

(c)          instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement in conjunction with the Chief Officer - Capital to join Justice Street, Beach Boulevard and Commerce Street/Beach Boulevard junction projects into a single City Beach Connectivity Project and to progress detailed design and other preparatory work for City Beach Connectivity Project and provide a Full Business Case within an indicative timeline of 12-18 months;

(d)          approve the findings of the Beachfront Phase C Projects and Coastal Management in the prepared Strategic Outline Case (Appendix 7) and instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement to progress to an OBC and report back to Council by December 2023; and

(e)          approve the development and implementation of the Branding Strategy (Appendix 8).

Councillor Yuill moved, seconded by Councillor Nicoll:-

That the Council:

1.      Approve the content of the Aberdeen Beachfront Development Framework Phase 1, Executive Summary and Strategic Environmental Assessment (Appendices 1, 2 and 3), and agree to monitor the Development Framework Phase 1 as part of the annual review of the overarching City Centre and Beach Masterplan.

2.      Note the contents of the Executive Summary of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report (Appendix 5) and Outline Business Case (Appendix 6) for the Commerce Street/Beach Boulevard junction improvement project, and agree the recommendations within the Outline Business Case.

3.      Instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement in conjunction with the Chief Officer - Capital to join Justice Street, Beach Boulevard and Commerce Street/Beach Boulevard junction projects into a single Beach Connectivity Project and to progress detailed design and other preparatory work for the Beach Connectivity Project and provide a Full Business Case within an indicative timeline of 12-18 months.

4.      Approve the findings of the Beachfront Phase C Projects and Coastal Management in the prepared Strategic Outline Case (Appendix 7) and instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement to progress to an OBC and report back to Council by December 2023.

5.      Instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial and Procurement  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.